Chapter 981 Three Guards in the Tent

Chapter 981 Three Guards in the Tent

Not to mention the disputes between the Yuan and Wei clans, Li Tai had no time to rest after leaving Zhitang. Instead, he went to other halls to continue handling the important military and political affairs that had been accumulated during his expedition.

Waking up to hold the power of the world, being drunk and lying on the lap of a beautiful woman, although it sounds very exciting, in fact, in such a position, people do not have much time to enjoy themselves. All kinds of things are complicated and take up too much time. energy.

Not to mention Li Tai, who first took power and worked hard to govern, even Gao Yang, the master of Qi who lay idle in the later period, had to think of ways to take a break and do some work to shock the civil and military officials of the DPRK.

In the separate hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cui Qian and other members who had stayed behind were already waiting here. When they saw Li Tai entering the hall, they all stood up to greet Duke Tang.

"You don't have to be polite, I've been waiting for you!"

Li Tai waved his hand to signal everyone to sit down without ceremony. He also sat down in the hall, and then his eyes passed over everyone's faces one by one.

At the beginning of the year, he abolished the six-official system implemented by Yu Wentai and restored the six-ministry system. The so-called six departments of the Western Wei Dynasty are still different from those of later generations. The only name that is the same as that of later generations is the Ministry of Personnel. As for the other names and powers, they are all different from those of later generations.

In addition to the Minister of Libu, there are also the Minister of Duzhi, the Minister of Duguan, the Minister of Sacrifice, the Minister of Wubing and the Minister of Qibu, which respectively correspond to the Ministry of Hubu, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry in later generations.

These six ministers are all affiliated to the Shangshu Province. Li Tai now governs as the Prime Minister and Minister, so the six ministers also take orders from the Prime Minister's Office. At the beginning of the year, Li Tai only confirmed Cui Qian, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and Liu Qing, the Minister of Duguan. The other six ministers were appointed by all ministers.

After that, Li Tai began to prepare for the attack on the Turks. Only when Cui Qian and others proposed various alternatives, he selected and finally decided. At this time, all the ministers gathered in the hall, and this was the first time that Li Tai saw the entire lineup.

In addition to the Ministry of Personnel, which is in charge of personnel, the most important among the ministers is the Minister of Duzhi, who is in charge of finance. During the Yuwentai period, Su Chuo, the most capable official in Xingtai, was in charge of Duzhi for a long time.

Li Tai chose Pei Hong, the former Prime Minister of the left side of Xingtai, for a long time. Pei Hong followed him to various positions, from the initial Dushui Administrative Office to the previous Shannan Daoxingtai, although he had no reputation in the court. , but in Li Tai's camp, he has deep qualifications, and he has been in charge of Shannan Road's warehousing and trading matters before, and has rich financial management and management experience.

What’s even more rare is that after following Li Tai for a long time and being influenced by his ears and eyes, Pei Hong had many ideas very similar to Li Tai’s in terms of economic development and financial management. He also had broad ideas and rigorous style, so Li Tai recruited him Chao Zhong is in charge of the money bag.

Lu Teng, the Secretary of the Fifth Army, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Li Tai's army when he was serving as the commander-in-chief of the rear army in Taiwan in his early years. Li Tai was also quite familiar with and reassured about his talents.

Lu Teng was also captured and brought into the country during the Battle of Mangshan in the ninth year of Datong. When Li Tai was negotiating with Northern Qi, he also brought his family back from Northern Qi. Therefore, Lu Teng was very grateful to Mr. Tang, and his eyes looking at Li Tai in the hall were a bit stringy.

There were many candidates for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Sacrifice. After some consideration, Li Tai chose Wang Songnian, who had previously defected to Xiangyang. Although Wang Songnian had few deeds and resumes in the Western Dynasty, he himself had a family background. His father Wang Zunye had served as a ceremonial officer as early as the Northern Wei Dynasty, and now he can be regarded as inheriting his father's legacy.

As for the final minister, Li Tai also chose Cui Yansheng, his old subordinate. The Western Wei Dynasty had been poor and weak for many years, lacking experience in the construction of large-scale projects, and there were not many relevant talents. Historically, Yu Wenkai, who presided over the construction of Daxing City in the Sui Dynasty, was just born when his father Yu Wengui took a break from his busy schedule last year when he was in charge of Chengdu, and he was not yet weaned.

Cui Yansheng has also followed Li Tai for many years. He has participated in almost everything from the management of Luoshui to the construction of the Three Defenses City, as well as the supervision of various fortifications after going to Shannan. He is one of Li Tai's trustworthy people.

The six ministers are the main force in managing the government, so Li Tai did not seek a balanced and integrated approach when it came to selecting candidates. The first thing he valued was the ability and experience of the other party, so that these people could fully implement his own governing philosophy and guide the court. Things are done properly.

Since they are all acquaintances, there is no need to introduce themselves any more. After Li Tai sat down, all the ministers reported their respective government affairs in turn.

Cui Qian, who is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, has been the busiest recently. In addition to selecting suitable candidates for internal and external vacancies, he also has to follow Li Tai's orders and draw up a unified selection list to provide evidence for the court's selection of officials. .

The administration and selection of officials in the Western Wei Dynasty had a strict side and a loose and indulgent side.

If some state and county administrative officials have fewer registered households in a certain quarter or year, or if the rent payable is insufficient, especially the latter, they will be dismissed directly by the overlord envoys before the performance appraisal period is over. condemn.

This is because the Western Wei Dynasty's finances were not sufficient and lacked room for error. Especially once the fiscal revenue of Guannei Prefecture and County fluctuated, it would directly affect the Bafu's various expenses.

Therefore, the overall administration of the Western Wei Dynasty was relatively harsh, and due to someone's reform of the financial review and format process, supervision in this area has always been intensive, and problems can be quickly examined, so local officials The heart strings are all tense and they dare not relax.

As for the loose side, it is reflected in the excessive granting of official teachings. Some second-generation people started out as county princes and government officials. They were recruited into official positions and lived idle lives without even recognizing the characters. In this aspect, the standards of the Western Wei Dynasty are even less restrictive than those of the Southern Liang Dynasty. The main focus is on suffering children who cannot suffer!

Li Tai can also understand this feeling, but now that he is in charge of power, he still does not intend to continue to indulge in such indiscriminate behavior, and has decided to control it and gradually reverse it.

The selection list he asked Cui Qian to draw up was restricted in terms of age. No one under the age of sixteen was allowed to register as a candidate. From then on, when there were vacancies for official positions inside and outside the imperial court, they had to be selected from the selection list. This included each of the kaifus selecting their own assistants, and the other party also needed to have the selection list before they could join the imperial court as ministers. This directly eliminated those second-generation officials who relied on the selection list. The phenomenon of private teaching of famous weapons due to family background and family background.

This will of course arouse the dissatisfaction of some heroes and generals. After all, they have been fighting for half their lives, isn't it just so that their children and grandchildren can get a higher starting point and be able to rise to the top more steadily?

Li Tai also considered this and prepared two plans.

One is the Dakai Guoxue. The Imperial College, Taixue, and his former Longmen Academy have all started recruiting students. All children of officials can enroll and receive education for free. After accepting examinations and successfully completing their studies in various schools, they can automatically obtain candidate status and become preparatory officials waiting for selection.

The second item is to increase the number of personal guards in his tent. Not all of the children of these heroes and generals are dedicated to learning. Most of them are probably sensual and passionate about having fun. If they are not restrained, they will inevitably cheat their parents and ruin the family.

Now Li Tai has recruited these people into his own account and conducted unified training and management, which can not only cultivate restraint, but also strengthen the bond with the families of these heroes.

What's more, even Yu Wenjue, who was messing around, knew how to select and cultivate his own bodyguards. Li Tai had always had the idea of ​​expanding his bodyguards, so they took advantage of such a need and solved it together.

Therefore, after Cui Qian finished his report, Li Tai called Lu Teng in front of him, handed him a personal guard expansion plan, and ordered him to implement it accordingly.

The soldiers in the expanded tent this time were divided into two battalions and three guards. The second battalion is the Hundred Cavalry Battalion and the Shesheng Battalion. The officers and men of these two battalions mainly select elite soldiers from among the armies.

After all, even if Li Tai wanted to educate his sons to heroes and generals, he couldn't just leave his personal safety in the hands of those second-generation dudes who didn't know the dangers and sufferings of the world. There must be an insurance mechanism in place. The second battalion in the tent is the most important security force around him, and naturally it must be taken care of by the elite of the army.

The three guards are Qin, Xun and Yi. Among them, the family members are the descendants of the clan. All the relatives and friends who are asked by the children of the family to go through the back door but cannot shirk the refusal will be arranged to be among the guards. The guards have been out and about for a few years, to temper their youthful temperament and see what kind of qualities they have, and then consider which position to give them.

Xunwei are the children of meritorious officials. Since these people don't like to study, let them adapt to the military life in advance. Maybe the east is not bright and the west is bright, and they awaken their military talents, and then they can inherit their father's ambition and continue to open up the country. Expand territory.

Yiwei is different from the two guards of Qinxun. Li Tai plans to use it to recruit the orphans of soldiers who died in previous battles, and give them a place to live and a promotion to the rank, so that they will not be left helpless because their fathers and brothers died in battle. The family is in decline.

Nowadays, the overall number of meritorious groups in the Western Wei Dynasty is not too large, and the establishment of Chinese studies and the three guards in the tent can basically cover them completely. Whether they aspire to study or join the army, it is their choice. If you are still not satisfied with this, then there is a problem with your thinking. If the problem cannot be solved, you have to solve the problem.

"The Lord's great kindness and righteousness have benefited all the ministers. I am really lucky to be able to obey you! I, my disciples, are willing to dedicate themselves to the Lord's account for two breaths and obey the orders!"

Lu Teng had been very grateful to Tang Gong recently, and now he accepted this task. After reading this plan, he went to worship in the hall and wanted to stuff his two sons into the three guards.

After seeing this, the other ministers also showed their intentions and wanted to give a name to the son-in-law of the family.

Not to mention anything else, Shuofeng, Li Ya and others have been fostered in Duke Tang's family since they were young, and have followed the juniors who have served for many years. Now, regardless of their merits, qualifications or official status, they are far behind their peers. Behind me!

Even if the sons and daughters of each of their families cannot enjoy the same opportunities as these few people, if they can serve in Tang Gong's tent, their talents and knowledge will definitely improve.